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Advertisement Nearly every pundit knows that the Super Bowl, aside from being one of the most anticipated Sports events annually, is also a prime cache of new million-dollar advertisements guaranteed to garner spectacular viewership, and Google has joined that roster this year, but not without a slight mishap. Early during the Super Bowl, Google’s ad […]

Tech A number of Google Home owners said that their smart home devices reacted to the Google Super Bowl ad after hearing “Okay, Google.” (Photo : Google/YouTube) The Super Bowl is here and along with the excitement of the games comes a barrage of impressive advertisements. Google didn’t just get valuable airtime with its ad,

Technology innovations are quickly making relics of the Industrial Age and its leaders. Creative destruction defines future tech. Think Amazon versus Sears. The business model of retail employees serving customers in shopping malls is being displaced by smartphones and artificial intelligence (AI) devices like Amazon’s Alexa. Amazon ends up hiring thousands of new work associates

Blink, a research and design firm specializing in the user experience of digital products, is working with Amazon Alexa to create useful and intuitive skills for Alexa devices. Blink is excited to be a part of providing skills for this innovative technology that has fundamentally changed how users interact with the world. With millions of

With the current interest in smart home technology, an increasing number of home insurers are taking steps to add smart home technology to their coverage. According to an article in Insurance Business.ca, a recent NTT Data report found 59% of home insurance carriers said they were making strong progress in adding smart home technology to

Imagine standing at the door to your home – you look into an iris scanner, then place a finger on a fingerprint scanner. The door unlocks and you walk into a comforting and familiar space. The lights turn on as you enter the hallway, and the air-conditioning comes alive as it adjusts to the ambient

Anodot outlines a machine learning-based approach to anomaly detection with time-series data. A few weeks ago, an Amazon Alexa-related issue cascaded from one house to many, but according to one company, it was entirely avoidable. And while this incident was benign and easily resolved, the issue itself is indicative of a bigger problem: How do

[embedded content] Okay, Google — distinguish between real life and commercials. Apparently Google’s touching Super Bowl ad for its Home product worked a little too well for some viewers who already own the device. Within minutes of the clip airing on Sunday, owners were taking to Twitter to discuss how the commercial set off their

Advertisement According to a Digitimes report, Apple will be coming up with an enhanced version of Siri to coincide with the launch of its flagship phone by September. The report also suggests that Apple is doing this to make Siri more competitive against the big players within the A.I. field, after it has fallen behind strong

[Image source: Wikimedia Commons] By AsiaToday reporter Kim Eun-young – As smart home market is growing rapidly in Asia, related products and investments are also being made actively. Telecom Asia, a press medium that specializes in Asian telecom industry, recently reported that Asia’s smart home market will grow to US$115 billion by 2030, accounting for